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Sodium diffusion through amorphous silica surfaces: a molecular dynamics study
Michaël Rarivomanantsoa1, Philippe Jund, Rémi Jullien
1Dynamique et Thermodynamique des Milieux Complexes, UMR 5569 Hydrosciences, Universite Montpellier 2, Place E. Bataillon Case MSE, 34095 Montpellier Cedex 5, France.
Abstract:
We have studied the diffusion inside the silica network of sodium atoms initially located outside the surfaces of an amorphous silica film. We have focused our attention on structural and dynamical quantities, and we have found that the local environment of the sodium atoms is close to the local environment of the sodium atoms inside bulk sodo-silicate glasses obtained by quench. This is in agreement with recent experimental results.
